A clinical decision rule to identify infants with apparent life-threatening event who can be safely discharged from the emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 599-605

  Mittal, Manoj K ^a,b   Sun, Guoying ^c   Baren, Jill M ^a,b,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHOP Westat Biostatistics and Data Management Core   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent life threatening event; Clinical decision rule; Hospitalization; Significant intervention

Indexed keywords

APPARENT LIFE THREATENING EVENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CYANOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84864561778     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31825cf576     Document Type: Article

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